mccomb county in suburban detroit is auto country it's also home to the reagan democrats who switched parties in 1980 to vote for ronald reagan and after voting twice for barack obama it switched again in 2016 devoted republican donald trump. mccomb county which sits between 2 great lakes lake huron and lake erie is scenic patriotic middle class and overwhelmingly white in the last election trump resonated here in 2016 pledged he would not cut medicare medicaid or social security very different from other republican candidates and i think that combined with a lot of his appeals to white identity politics really i think really appealed to a lot of people in mccomb county trump inspires tributes on land and water and a rare devotion among supporters to the greatest president we've ever had in my lifetime he has made so many promises and he's kept more promises that he's made which has never happened ever as i believe in his policies he's gotten the job done so far he's pro-life he's everything i believe in. the 2020 election will test whether he's still popular here despite the coronavi

mccomb county which sits between 2 great lakes lake huron and lake erie is scenic patriotic middle class and overwhelmingly white in the last election trump resonated here in 2016 pledged he would not cut medicare medicaid or social security very different from other republican candidates and i think that combined with a lot of his appeals to white identity politics really i think really appealed to a lot of people in mccomb county trump inspires tributes on land and water and a rare devotion among supporters to the greatest president we've ever had in my lifetime he has made so many promises and he's kept more promises that he's made which has never happened ever as i believe in his policies he's gotten the job done so far he's pro-life he's everything i believe in. the 2020 election will test whether he's still popular here despite the coronavirus and an economic collapse has democrat joe biden's campaign workers canvassed the county early so i am proud are there are 3 more he leads trump handily in recent polls what's changed is this mask. the epidemic here has been very difficult we

literally the pulse of voters in mccomb county. >> reporter: we try to get the pulse of the voters everyion. this year, we decided to take that literally, asking republicans and democrats what's got them riled up. and then measuring the results. donald trump has been saying that he saved the auto industry. >> it's not true. it's not true. we have several plants that closed under his administration. >> reporter: i will say, you went up to 105 there. to do it we put pulse readers on fingers of voters, carefully wiping down the equipment in between uses, and following cdc guidelines. then, we talked politics. what motivates you in 2020? >> peace and love, right? i love america and i love americans and i'm supporting trump because i think he will do what's best for america and all americans. >> reporter: doug who declined to provide his name, started with a resting heart rate at 104, perhaps a little elevated from the street corner rally behind him. >> there's going to be an election and a president, and after that is done, we still have to love each other and still be americans and we have

the mccomb county democratic chairman believes trump's record will motivate tens of thousands of peoplehome four years ago instead of voting for hillary clinton. >> four years of president trump has changed people. they now see what he actually didn't do. >> we want someone who has a real plan to protect us. and to protect our health care. >> reporter: the trump campaign insists the president is in a stronger position now. after consolidating republicans and attracting new supporters. >> there's all these things going on in the county, and people are just absolutely on fire. on fire. ♪ >> reporter: yet trump has consistently trailed biden in michigan polls. a new law to extend absentee voting and to allow voters to register on election day has some trump supporters crying foul. >> myh mail-in voting. already we heard stories. >> reporter: but those stories are unfounded. a larger worry for the trump campaign may be found in moderate republicans like michael taylor, the mayor of sterling heights, who voted for the president. >> i thought maybe there's a possibility if he gets into office

i've got family who lives in mccomb county. we were just there a couple days ago just visiting them in a socially distant manner, and it was very clear that the folks who are for trump are very for trump, but here's the thing. enthusiasm doesn't vote. whether you're holding your nose or voting with abandon, it's the same vote and we've got to realize that a lot of this is going to be whether or not those who did not vote in 2016 come out to vote this time and whether or not those folks in the middle who weren't partisan either way are going to vote for biden this time around. >> and wolf, i just -- >> go ahead, make your point, chris, because i got a question for you. >> very, very quickly, to the doctor's point, i think one thing that you're seeing in those numbers that's striking is joe biden, yes, some democrats are for him but it's a binary choice. they don't want donald trump, and so they are going out to the polls to vote donald trump out and joe biden's the alternative. he's the other guy. he's proven the case, i think,

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